Get the handle of a child

Last updated: 9/2/2025

Overview

Get the handle of a child by using the GetChild method.

Example

The goal is to get the handle of the bar chart BarChart01.

The bar chart is part of a sheet. The sheet has 2 as a handle.

The client sends:

{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 3, "method": "GetChild", "handle": 2, "params": [ "BarChart01" ] }

The engine returns:

{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 3, "result": { "qReturn": { "qType": "GenericObject", "qHandle": 3 } } }

The bar chart has the handle 3.